The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-03
ORDERING sHRoUDs.
Grim Preparations for the Exc.
cutiOn Of the Anarchists
at Chicago.
Women Prisoners Of the Jail Re-
fuse Their Aid in the T
CHASTITY Work.
State Militia Called Upon to Be Ready
for Duty for One Week Pre-
-. vious to Nov. II. E..

CHICAGO, Oct. 28.-Preparations are
already being silently made for the great
anti-anarchist drama Of the 18th Of No
vember. Already orders have been given,
it is said, to the members of the Second
regiment, /. N. g., that they will be re-
quired to be on duty for a full week, or
perhaps longer period prior to Nov. IL,
ut their armory, or wherever else their
services may he required. The proba-
bility is that the First regiment may be
called upon to do the same. It is under
stood, however, that neither Of the regi-
ments will he called from their respec-
tive arnories, unless in the case Of abso-
lutte need. It Is also stated on authority
that the entire block on which the
county Jail and the criminal. court build
ing are located viii be condoned with po-
lice, and all the North Clark street
buildings abutting on the Jail will be
guarded with police officers and no one
allowed to enter them until after the ex-
ecution of the condemned men. In order
to save the great family Of curiosity
seekers who are ambitious to see their
condemned fellow men swing into eter-
nifty, it may be said that the sheriff has
already decided to limit the number of
those present to those that the law re-
quires to be present, and very few
representatives of the press. The gloom
which has marked the condemned men,
with one exception, for several days
past still continues to deepen. The ex-
-. A. = r
dulges in his chronic good spirits and
lausho and jokes with those who call
upon him. The others, however, make
no longer any attempt to conceal their
feelings or To blind themselves to the
fate that threatens them. 1t Is stated
by certain persons, who claim to have
good reasons for what they say, that Gov
crnor Oglesby will grant the condemned
men brief respite, so that they will not
he limited to n bare fortnight to prepare
themselves for death. On the morning
of the day during which there shall be
a probability of the United States SUI
preme courts decision arriving In the
city, probably Thursday morning, the
guard upon the condemned men will be
doubled, or trebled, and the freedom
which they have hitherto enjoyed will be
materially curtailed. No one will be al
lo::cd to visit them at all. This latter pre-
caution will he taken to avoid the posi-
bility of any one furnishing the prisoners
with poison, or other means Of suicide.
Quite sensation was caused among the
inmates of the women's department Of
the Jail by an official request that they
help make the shrouds and caps to be
used at the execution of the condemned
men. Some of the inmates were willing
to do the work required, and were even
anxious TO participate in the CHASTITY
task, but others were strongly OPP
posed TO rendering any aid, and
these formed so large a part of the in
mates that it may be necessary to have
the work done outside the Jail. The
matcrial-white unbleached muslin
has already been purchased. Each
shroud will be shaped like a bag, only
with holes at both ends, and gathered
closely at the top. The hoods will be
half yard in width and about the same
length, gathered together at the top,
which will. be about ten inches across.
The material is cut into the necessary
shape, and lacks nothing but the stitches
that were asked of the motley crowd of
women malefactors confined in the same
prison with the seven death-sentenced